Hello guys, this is a preview of my last purchasing.
An incredible Baby first model !!!!
Next week i will post all the photos regarding the maintenance and how i solved a seal-gasket problem

Meanwhile... you can dream about her ...

You Italians have all the fun!!!!

Agreed with OE, i found lots of cool stuff at eBay that the seller only would ship to Italy.
I also don't quite get the obsession with quickmill icecrushers (tritaghiaccio). Ridiculous amounts to be found at ebay.it

Loverly!!

I don't really understand the love of ice crushers either, but I do have a Quick Mill Bread/cracker grater thing, and it works GREAT!

orphanespresso wrote:You Italians have all the fun!!!!

Hi Doug! i would ask you a suggestion about the gasket.

Unfortunately the rubber seems to be in good conditions, but when you depress the lever downward, some water escape and leak from the periphery.

So i tried to force an o-ring on the seat , forcing the back side to curve a bit.

the result was better but not enough. so what should i have to do ?
I've contacted Faema Italy... no assistance

Lucio....Finally! we get to see this famous Baby piston seal....the world's best kept secret! It looks to be in very good condition. Your o ring idea a very good one, but it looks to me that the sealing surface of the rubber is the front edge, not the back. We have the idea that this seal could be a reasonable one to find....the size is the only problem. This seal is much like the seal in a hypodermic syringe, but of large size. Also this type is used in automobile brake systems and other hydraulic machines....so now to find it. We keep bidding and hoping for one of the Baby machines on ebay, maybe this week we get lucky! Good idea on the o ring though and thanks for the photo!

orphanespresso wrote:Lucio....Finally! we get to see this famous Baby piston seal....the world's best kept secret! It looks to be in very good condition. Your o ring idea a very good one, but it looks to me that the sealing surface of the rubber is the front edge, not the back. We have the idea that this seal could be a reasonable one to find....the size is the only problem. This seal is much like the seal in a hypodermic syringe, but of large size. Also this type is used in automobile brake systems and other hydraulic machines....so now to find it. We keep bidding and hoping for one of the Baby machines on ebay, maybe this week we get lucky! Good idea on the o ring though and thanks for the photo!

So something like the plunger seal in the Aeropress?

orphanespresso wrote:Lucio....Finally! we get to see this famous Baby piston seal....the world's best kept secret! It looks to be in very good condition. Your o ring idea a very good one, but it looks to me that the sealing surface of the rubber is the front edge, not the back. We have the idea that this seal could be a reasonable one to find....the size is the only problem. This seal is much like the seal in a hypodermic syringe, but of large size. Also this type is used in automobile brake systems and other hydraulic machines....so now to find it. We keep bidding and hoping for one of the Baby machines on ebay, maybe this week we get lucky! Good idea on the o ring though and thanks for the photo!

ah ha! the yellow one... good luck.
there is another , a transitional model, but the seller is very "smart".
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